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HORTICULTURE 



February 27, 1909 



were the exhibitors of a capital lot of Primula sinensis. 

 The varieties shown were quite up to their usual high 

 standard, in parlic-ular iliss Caroline Ward, White Per- 

 fection, Pink Perfection, and Mr. llcrljcit Bennett, a 

 flower of a pale purple tint, etc. 



Mr. Geo. Mount, exhibited fine cut blooms of H. T. 

 Rose Joseph Lowe, a salmon pink sport from Mrs. 

 W. J. Grant, witli more substance, however, in the flow- 

 ers. Cyclamens of thegrandifiora strain were finely 

 shown by Mr. W. Seward for which he was awarded a 

 silver gilt Banksian medal. A considerable number of 

 Primula obconica and P. o. gigantea were shown by Mr. 

 T. Ware, showing finer trusses, more decided coloring, 

 and robuster growth, than has hitherto been the case 

 with these useful decorative plants. 



KUPHOBBIA SAPINII 



The Gardeners' Chronicle (English) published an ac- 

 count, accompanied by a figure of this interesting plant 

 growing in the Botanic Garden, Brussels. In some re- 

 spects the plant resembles E. bupleurifolia, Jacq, a 

 native of South Africa. This has an erect stem, thick 

 and succulent, and marked all over with the scars occa- 

 sioned by the falling away of the old leaves, and thus 

 presents a reticulated appearance. The leaves form a 

 terminal cluster, are 4 to 6 inches in length, bright green 

 with a wliite midrib, and the flowers are yellow. The 

 scars of E. Sapinii are swollen and mamilate, and when 

 young they are green and each is furnished with a hard 

 spine, which seems to fall off about the third year. The 

 flowers and bracts are very small, and are produced on 

 very short peduncles from the axils of the leaves. The 

 Brussels plant was introduced from the Congo. 



SINNINGIA HTBEIDA (HOKT.) DR. MAXWELL T. MASTERS 



This is a hybrid plant raised by Herrn E. Senary of 

 Erfurt, and named after the late editor of the "Gar- 

 deners' Chronicle." It is stated to be a cross between 

 the Gloxinia of gardens, and a species of Gesneria. The 

 blooms are drooping, very freely produced, and of a 

 pink color. The petioles are of greater length than in 

 most Gloxinias and the roundish ovate leaves are soft 

 and silky tn tlie touch. 



Rocky Mountain Rambles 



VI. 



In ascending the valley to cross the divide between 

 the Yellowstone and the Gallatin, one has a good view 

 of some of the snow capped peaks of the Yellowstone, 

 and in the low range of mountains known as the Boze- 

 man, along the railroad, one gets a glimpse of arid 

 farming ; in these mountain valleys many hundred acres 

 of grain are cultivated without irrigation, in the foot- 

 hills. There is nothing unusual or striking in the vege- 

 tation as we slowdy wind up the valley, now on one side 

 of the mountain stream and then on another. Here we 

 found the usual fringe of willow, osier, birch, alder, and 

 Lodge Pole Pine on the steeper slopes, with a few flexile 

 White Pine. At some vantage point we look down on 

 the beaiitiful Gallatin Valley, one mass of green with 



large ranches, green pastures, and grain fields. Going 

 down the valley we came in sight of Bozeman, where is 

 loi-ated the Agricultural College, a superb location. 



Our train rapidly passes on down the valley and we 

 soon see the famous forks of the Missouri, where the 

 Gallatin, Madison and the old Jefferson meet to form 

 the great stream of the Missouri, which flows northward. 

 We pass up a fork of the old Jefferson but soon leav» the 

 stream and reach the divide. The most striking tree 

 here is the Douglas Fir and like many other parts of 

 the Rockies this area is characterized by large areas 

 which have been burned over. This destroys its ca- 

 pacity for retaining water in the soil, so the run off is 

 rapid in the spring. 



On the other side of the divide the waters flow to- 



riie Siiiiiiin'f Home of M.ircus A. r)al.v. near Hiuiuliun, Moutaua. 



riie ifiiinnds used to he weU kept, a larf;e lawu anil spleudidly 



arr.inged trees. 



wards the Pacific apd before us lies the Deer Lodge 

 Valley with the city of smelters, Butte" and Anaconda. 

 In the environs of Anaconda everything is desolation. 

 The waters of Silver Bow Creek and other streams com- 

 ing from the mountains are clear but after the discharge 

 from the smelters they are muddy. The streams are 

 not lined with green willows, birches, and alders, but in 

 places dead remains of the various plants, which have 

 been killed by copper sulphate which is contained in the 

 water, are seen. The arsenical and sulphur dioxide 

 fumes also contribute to the killing of these plants. 



The mining industry is an important one but some 

 better way should be devised to eliminate these poison- 

 ous substances from the water. In a suit brought by 

 one of the ranchers who utilized the water from the 

 Deer Lodge River to irrigate his farm, he lost his case 

 because it was contended by the smelting people of Ana- 

 conda and Butte that the water was not injurious and 

 the niinino: interests were much jrrcater than the agri- 



